Pantograph, by J. Conte, Paris, Early 20th Century

Four wooden rules (3 full length, one half length), each with a scale from 2 to 10. A pencil holder, an ivory tracing point and a screw for attachment to the drawing surface can be interchanged at the points marked A, B and C. The support linking rules A and C is missing, as is one thumb screw. Cf. inv. 35660.

Primary Inscriptions:

"J. CONTE / BREVETÉ S.G.D.G. / PARIS" on rule C.

Provenance:

From the Oxfordshire County Museum; previously donated by Mr Alington.